G/TBT/N/AUS/161/Add.1  
 
20 December 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  20 December 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Australia . 
 
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Title:  Proposal P1062 Defining added sugars for claims – Call for Submissions document  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 13 December 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 14 December 2027  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
Gazette notice amendment no. 224: 
https://www.foodst andards.gov.au/code/changes/gazette/Pages/default.aspx  
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code: 
https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/Pa ges/default.aspx  
Approval Report for Proposal P1062 – Defining added sugars for claims: 
https://foodstandards.gov.au/food -standards -code/proposals/p1062 -defining -added -
sugars -claims  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  Proposal P1062 – Defining added sugars for claims considered amending the Australia 
New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to define and clarify added sugars for the purposes 
of making voluntary nutrition content claims about added sugars.  
New Zealand notified the assessment report for P1062 in accordance with article 2.9.2 of the WTO 
TBT Agreeme nt. The final date for comment was 10 November 2023.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/AUS/161/Add.1  
 
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  Following consideration of comments received a revised version of the notified draft requirements 
for voluntary nutrition content claims about 'no added sugar(s)' and 'unsweetened' (and synonyms) 
has bee n adopted in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. The adopted version does not 
permit a 'no added sugar(s)' claim when the food for sale contains, or is, an 'added sugar' (as 
defined), or exceeds specified limits for total sugars.  
The instrument was gazetted on 13 December 2023 and commenced on that day. A transition period 
of 48 months will apply ending on 13 December 2027. The new requirements for voluntary 'no added 
sugar(s)' and 'unsweetened' claims will enter into force on 14 December 2027. H owever, a product 
that was packaged and labelled before the end of the transition period that complies with the Code 
as in force without the variations made by this instrument, may be sold during a 24 month post -
transition period. The post -transition perio d begins on 14 December 2027 and ends on 14 December 
2029.  
The adopted version includes the following amendments to the notified draft requirements:  
• The requirement that a claim cannot be made if 'added sugar' as defined is added as an 
ingredient to a food  is retained but amended so that a claim is also not permitted for an 
'added sugar' which is sold as the food (e.g. jar of syrup or jar of honey).  
• The definition of 'added sugar' has been amended to:  
• include concentrated and deionised vegetable juice  
• provide an exemption for concentrated and deionised fruit and vegetable juices when the 
food for sale is a prescribed beverage  (as defined)  
• specify low -energy sugar D -tagatose as an added sugar.  
• The claim conditions based on the addition of fruit-based ingredients (e.g. fruit juice, fruit 
puree, etc.) and blends of fruit -based ingredients, have been replaced with disqualifying 
criteria based on total sugars content.  
• The disqualifying criteria for sugars produced from hydrolysis for cereal -based plant milks 
has been extended to all foods with sugars produced from hydrolysis.  
• The sugar alcohols that must not be present in a food to make an 'unsweetened' claim' has 
been amended to include maltitol and erythritol.  
Submissions received through the domestic consultation process and comments received on the 
notification to the WTO TBT Committee were considered as part of the process to determine 
amendments. Technical explanations and responses to submissions are provid ed in the P1062 
Approval Report: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food -standards -code/proposals/p1062 -
defining -added -sugars -claims  
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